organic compounds
3′,5′-Dichloro-N,N-diphenyl-[1,1′-biphenyl]-4-amine
aDepartment of Chemistry, the Pennsylvania State University at Hazelton, Hazelton, Pennsylvania 18202, USA, and bDepartment of Chemistry, the State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, USA
*Correspondence e-mail: dgp15@psu.edu
The title triphenylamine derivative, C24H17Cl2N, featuring a 3,5-dichloro-1,1′-biphenyl moiety has been synthesized and structurally characterized. The molecular structure shows rotations of the phenyl rings in the range of 37–40° from the amine plane. In the crystal, the molecules interact by van der Waals interactions.
CCDC reference: 2113293
Structure description
Owing to their electron donating ability, triphenylamine building blocks have found extensive use in organic electronic materials from polymeric (Iwan & Sek, 2011) to molecular motifs (Blanchard et al., 2019), including dye-sensitized solar cells (Mahmood, 2016). Molecular units capable of forming meta-linkages, such as 1,3-dihalobenezenes, are known to organize in helical arrangements (Banno et al., 2012) and have been of interest due to their broken conjugation (Patel et al., 2011) and mechanical properties (Kandre et al., 2007). Thus, the title compound, C24H17Cl2N, could find use as a means to impose helical design elements in organic electronic materials. Worthy of note is that the reaction proceeds well with a water-soluble palladium catalyst (Hamilton et al., 2013).
The molecular structure of the title compound (Fig. 1) shows that the tertiary nitrogen atom adopts an almost planar environment (bond-angle sum = 358.9°). The C13–C18 and C19–C24 phenyl substituents on the amine are rotated by 38.28 (8) and 40.22 (8)°, respectively, with respect to the C1/C13/C19/N1 amine plane. The C1–C6 phenyl ring of the biphenyl moiety adjacent to the nitrogen atom is rotated by 36.81 (8)° with respect to the same amine plane, while the C7–C12 chlorinated ring makes an angle with the amine plane of 6.04 (8)°. The dihedral angle between the C1–C6 and C7–C12 rings is 30.79 (7)°.
Molecules of the title compound pack in the extended structure as head-to-tail dimers (Fig. 2). More broadly, the structure may be described as alternating sheets, which stack along [010] (Fig. 3). Defining the N5—C7 bond as the polar axis of the molecule, each sheet contains a polar array of molecules with their axes approximately oriented along [100] (Fig. 4). Adjacent layers exhibit similar orientations, albeit with molecules pointing in the opposite polar direction. The molecular packing is largely a consequence of van der Waals-type interactions. Although the molecule contains two chlorine atoms, halogen bonding within the structure is unlikely as the shortest Cl⋯Cl contact distance of 3.74 Å is greater than the sum of the van der Waals radii for the pair (3.50 Å).
Synthesis and crystallization
The title compound was synthesized under typical Suzuki conditions from commercially available 4-(diphenylamino)phenylboronic acid and 1-bromo-3,5-dichlorobenzene as shown in Fig. 5. Briefly, the boronic acid (0.872 g, 3.02 mmol), bromide (0.681 g, 3.02 mmol), potassium carbonate (5.002 g, 36.19 mmol), water (15 ml) and ethanol (20 ml) were combined and sparged with nitrogen for 10 minutes. The palladium catalyst (Hamilton et al., 2013) (0.4 ml, 2.5 mM in water) was then added and the reaction heated to 80°C under nitrogen until thin layer (silica plates, 5% ethyl acetate in hexane) showed complete consumption of the starting materials. The reaction was then poured into water (50 ml) and the resulting precipitate collected by suction filtration and recrystallized from hot ethanol to afford crystals of the title compound as colorless plates (0.832 g, 71%).
Refinement
Crystal data, data collection, and structure .
details are summarized in Table 1Structural data
CCDC reference: 2113293
https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314621010166/hb4393sup1.cif
contains datablock I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314621010166/hb4393Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314621010166/hb4393Isup3.cml
Data collection: APEX3 (Bruker, 2018); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2018); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2018); program(s) used to solve structure: olex2.solve (Dolomanov et al., 2009); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL (Sheldrick, 2015); molecular graphics: OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009); software used to prepare material for publication: OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009).C24H17Cl2N | F(000) = 808 |
Mr = 390.28 | Dx = 1.356 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 14.5188 (11) Å | Cell parameters from 6404 reflections |
b = 7.7744 (7) Å | θ = 2.9–32.1° |
c = 18.0700 (16) Å | µ = 0.35 mm−1 |
β = 110.4472 (18)° | T = 90 K |
V = 1911.1 (3) Å3 | Plate, colourless |
Z = 4 | 0.32 × 0.24 × 0.04 mm |
Bruker SMART APEXII area detector diffractometer | 6318 independent reflections |
Radiation source: microfocus sealed X-ray tube, Incoatec Iµs | 4600 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Mirror optics monochromator | Rint = 0.041 |
Detector resolution: 7.9 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 32.1°, θmin = 1.6° |
ω and φ scans | h = −20→18 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2018) | k = −10→11 |
Tmin = 0.677, Tmax = 0.746 | l = −24→27 |
18024 measured reflections |
Refinement on F2 | 0 restraints |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.044 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.116 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0584P)2 + 0.262P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.02 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
6318 reflections | Δρmax = 0.45 e Å−3 |
244 parameters | Δρmin = −0.30 e Å−3 |
Geometry. All esds (except the esd in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell esds are taken into account individually in the estimation of esds in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between esds in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell esds is used for estimating esds involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. H atoms were placed geometrically (C—H = 0.95 Å) and refined as riding atoms with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C). |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
Cl1 | 0.58639 (3) | 0.75629 (5) | 0.37567 (2) | 0.02440 (10) | |
Cl2 | 0.50900 (3) | 0.69374 (6) | 0.06326 (2) | 0.03003 (11) | |
C4 | 0.22713 (10) | 0.73656 (17) | 0.17719 (8) | 0.0137 (3) | |
C13 | −0.10562 (10) | 0.75089 (17) | 0.21142 (7) | 0.0125 (2) | |
N1 | −0.07602 (9) | 0.73451 (16) | 0.14480 (6) | 0.0144 (2) | |
C19 | −0.14718 (10) | 0.75157 (18) | 0.06761 (7) | 0.0141 (3) | |
C10 | 0.53724 (11) | 0.72175 (18) | 0.21805 (9) | 0.0190 (3) | |
H10 | 0.605687 | 0.714403 | 0.227325 | 0.023* | |
C7 | 0.33384 (11) | 0.73663 (17) | 0.19079 (8) | 0.0147 (3) | |
C1 | 0.02498 (10) | 0.73489 (17) | 0.15553 (7) | 0.0130 (3) | |
C20 | −0.23743 (11) | 0.6683 (2) | 0.04815 (8) | 0.0187 (3) | |
H20 | −0.250201 | 0.594839 | 0.085468 | 0.022* | |
C21 | −0.30879 (12) | 0.6926 (2) | −0.02586 (9) | 0.0253 (3) | |
H21 | −0.370919 | 0.637873 | −0.038583 | 0.030* | |
C14 | −0.05678 (10) | 0.65661 (18) | 0.28000 (7) | 0.0140 (3) | |
H14 | −0.005075 | 0.580467 | 0.281248 | 0.017* | |
C8 | 0.40304 (11) | 0.75138 (17) | 0.26757 (8) | 0.0160 (3) | |
H8 | 0.381605 | 0.767131 | 0.311129 | 0.019* | |
C16 | −0.16027 (11) | 0.7831 (2) | 0.34467 (8) | 0.0189 (3) | |
H16 | −0.179045 | 0.793924 | 0.389821 | 0.023* | |
C6 | 0.06067 (11) | 0.64239 (19) | 0.10468 (8) | 0.0167 (3) | |
H6 | 0.016417 | 0.577499 | 0.062682 | 0.020* | |
C3 | 0.19096 (10) | 0.82689 (17) | 0.22789 (8) | 0.0136 (3) | |
H3 | 0.235370 | 0.889506 | 0.270698 | 0.016* | |
C2 | 0.09205 (10) | 0.82738 (17) | 0.21728 (8) | 0.0140 (3) | |
H2 | 0.069372 | 0.891289 | 0.252341 | 0.017* | |
C9 | 0.50190 (11) | 0.74299 (18) | 0.27962 (9) | 0.0174 (3) | |
C24 | −0.12794 (12) | 0.8547 (2) | 0.01149 (8) | 0.0195 (3) | |
H24 | −0.066167 | 0.910609 | 0.024041 | 0.023* | |
C15 | −0.08374 (11) | 0.67414 (19) | 0.34618 (8) | 0.0178 (3) | |
H15 | −0.049628 | 0.611252 | 0.392795 | 0.021* | |
C12 | 0.36787 (11) | 0.71894 (19) | 0.12771 (9) | 0.0181 (3) | |
H12 | 0.322600 | 0.711890 | 0.075086 | 0.022* | |
C17 | −0.20905 (11) | 0.87587 (19) | 0.27654 (8) | 0.0175 (3) | |
H17 | −0.261409 | 0.950418 | 0.275312 | 0.021* | |
C11 | 0.46825 (12) | 0.71177 (19) | 0.14253 (9) | 0.0197 (3) | |
C23 | −0.19930 (13) | 0.8754 (2) | −0.06270 (9) | 0.0266 (4) | |
H23 | −0.185790 | 0.944557 | −0.101048 | 0.032* | |
C18 | −0.18223 (10) | 0.86104 (18) | 0.21019 (8) | 0.0152 (3) | |
H18 | −0.215906 | 0.925670 | 0.164021 | 0.018* | |
C22 | −0.28971 (13) | 0.7965 (2) | −0.08128 (9) | 0.0295 (4) | |
H22 | −0.338688 | 0.813149 | −0.131806 | 0.035* | |
C5 | 0.15979 (11) | 0.64454 (19) | 0.11497 (8) | 0.0168 (3) | |
H5 | 0.182456 | 0.582695 | 0.079321 | 0.020* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Cl1 | 0.0142 (2) | 0.0296 (2) | 0.02519 (18) | 0.00058 (15) | 0.00163 (14) | −0.00117 (14) |
Cl2 | 0.0253 (2) | 0.0422 (2) | 0.0312 (2) | 0.00160 (18) | 0.02072 (17) | −0.00223 (17) |
C4 | 0.0133 (7) | 0.0140 (6) | 0.0146 (5) | 0.0024 (5) | 0.0057 (5) | 0.0020 (5) |
C13 | 0.0108 (7) | 0.0145 (6) | 0.0126 (5) | −0.0027 (5) | 0.0048 (5) | −0.0019 (4) |
N1 | 0.0099 (6) | 0.0230 (6) | 0.0100 (4) | 0.0004 (5) | 0.0032 (4) | 0.0001 (4) |
C19 | 0.0133 (7) | 0.0177 (6) | 0.0108 (5) | 0.0028 (5) | 0.0037 (5) | 0.0003 (5) |
C10 | 0.0128 (8) | 0.0162 (6) | 0.0309 (8) | 0.0017 (5) | 0.0114 (6) | 0.0004 (5) |
C7 | 0.0133 (7) | 0.0136 (6) | 0.0191 (6) | 0.0011 (5) | 0.0079 (5) | 0.0007 (5) |
C1 | 0.0115 (7) | 0.0158 (6) | 0.0126 (5) | 0.0011 (5) | 0.0051 (5) | 0.0018 (4) |
C20 | 0.0158 (8) | 0.0246 (7) | 0.0159 (6) | 0.0006 (6) | 0.0059 (5) | −0.0040 (5) |
C21 | 0.0134 (8) | 0.0399 (9) | 0.0197 (7) | 0.0024 (7) | 0.0020 (6) | −0.0111 (6) |
C14 | 0.0120 (7) | 0.0157 (6) | 0.0139 (6) | −0.0009 (5) | 0.0042 (5) | −0.0004 (4) |
C8 | 0.0159 (7) | 0.0142 (6) | 0.0189 (6) | 0.0008 (5) | 0.0074 (5) | 0.0014 (5) |
C16 | 0.0169 (8) | 0.0265 (7) | 0.0149 (6) | −0.0041 (6) | 0.0077 (5) | −0.0051 (5) |
C6 | 0.0157 (7) | 0.0207 (7) | 0.0135 (6) | −0.0011 (5) | 0.0049 (5) | −0.0036 (5) |
C3 | 0.0130 (7) | 0.0134 (6) | 0.0147 (6) | −0.0013 (5) | 0.0054 (5) | −0.0007 (4) |
C2 | 0.0152 (7) | 0.0133 (6) | 0.0147 (6) | 0.0013 (5) | 0.0068 (5) | −0.0002 (5) |
C9 | 0.0146 (7) | 0.0138 (6) | 0.0225 (6) | −0.0003 (5) | 0.0049 (5) | 0.0000 (5) |
C24 | 0.0213 (8) | 0.0211 (7) | 0.0174 (6) | 0.0026 (6) | 0.0084 (6) | 0.0033 (5) |
C15 | 0.0180 (8) | 0.0218 (7) | 0.0129 (6) | −0.0023 (6) | 0.0047 (5) | 0.0003 (5) |
C12 | 0.0169 (8) | 0.0197 (7) | 0.0203 (6) | 0.0014 (6) | 0.0098 (6) | −0.0006 (5) |
C17 | 0.0121 (7) | 0.0221 (7) | 0.0195 (6) | −0.0011 (5) | 0.0068 (5) | −0.0058 (5) |
C11 | 0.0199 (8) | 0.0188 (7) | 0.0259 (7) | −0.0002 (6) | 0.0148 (6) | −0.0007 (5) |
C23 | 0.0336 (10) | 0.0311 (8) | 0.0167 (6) | 0.0146 (7) | 0.0110 (6) | 0.0071 (6) |
C18 | 0.0118 (7) | 0.0177 (6) | 0.0152 (6) | −0.0001 (5) | 0.0037 (5) | −0.0005 (5) |
C22 | 0.0251 (9) | 0.0456 (10) | 0.0128 (6) | 0.0180 (8) | 0.0005 (6) | −0.0024 (6) |
C5 | 0.0159 (7) | 0.0206 (6) | 0.0153 (6) | 0.0024 (5) | 0.0073 (5) | −0.0017 (5) |
Cl1—C9 | 1.7435 (15) | C14—C15 | 1.3889 (18) |
Cl2—C11 | 1.7359 (14) | C8—H8 | 0.9500 |
C4—C7 | 1.481 (2) | C8—C9 | 1.376 (2) |
C4—C3 | 1.3945 (18) | C16—H16 | 0.9500 |
C4—C5 | 1.401 (2) | C16—C15 | 1.390 (2) |
C13—N1 | 1.4182 (16) | C16—C17 | 1.389 (2) |
C13—C14 | 1.4007 (18) | C6—H6 | 0.9500 |
C13—C18 | 1.3977 (19) | C6—C5 | 1.385 (2) |
N1—C19 | 1.4226 (17) | C3—H3 | 0.9500 |
N1—C1 | 1.4105 (18) | C3—C2 | 1.3809 (19) |
C19—C20 | 1.392 (2) | C2—H2 | 0.9500 |
C19—C24 | 1.3954 (19) | C24—H24 | 0.9500 |
C10—H10 | 0.9500 | C24—C23 | 1.388 (2) |
C10—C9 | 1.388 (2) | C15—H15 | 0.9500 |
C10—C11 | 1.384 (2) | C12—H12 | 0.9500 |
C7—C8 | 1.405 (2) | C12—C11 | 1.388 (2) |
C7—C12 | 1.3985 (18) | C17—H17 | 0.9500 |
C1—C6 | 1.4010 (18) | C17—C18 | 1.3889 (18) |
C1—C2 | 1.3968 (19) | C23—H23 | 0.9500 |
C20—H20 | 0.9500 | C23—C22 | 1.380 (3) |
C20—C21 | 1.389 (2) | C18—H18 | 0.9500 |
C21—H21 | 0.9500 | C22—H22 | 0.9500 |
C21—C22 | 1.388 (3) | C5—H5 | 0.9500 |
C14—H14 | 0.9500 | ||
C3—C4—C7 | 120.19 (12) | C5—C6—H6 | 119.6 |
C3—C4—C5 | 117.83 (13) | C4—C3—H3 | 119.3 |
C5—C4—C7 | 121.97 (12) | C2—C3—C4 | 121.48 (13) |
C14—C13—N1 | 119.61 (12) | C2—C3—H3 | 119.3 |
C18—C13—N1 | 121.12 (12) | C1—C2—H2 | 119.7 |
C18—C13—C14 | 119.26 (12) | C3—C2—C1 | 120.70 (12) |
C13—N1—C19 | 119.49 (11) | C3—C2—H2 | 119.7 |
C1—N1—C13 | 119.47 (11) | C10—C9—Cl1 | 118.44 (12) |
C1—N1—C19 | 119.91 (11) | C8—C9—Cl1 | 119.14 (11) |
C20—C19—N1 | 120.09 (12) | C8—C9—C10 | 122.41 (14) |
C20—C19—C24 | 119.57 (13) | C19—C24—H24 | 120.1 |
C24—C19—N1 | 120.33 (13) | C23—C24—C19 | 119.81 (15) |
C9—C10—H10 | 121.5 | C23—C24—H24 | 120.1 |
C11—C10—H10 | 121.5 | C14—C15—C16 | 120.46 (13) |
C11—C10—C9 | 117.00 (14) | C14—C15—H15 | 119.8 |
C8—C7—C4 | 120.64 (12) | C16—C15—H15 | 119.8 |
C12—C7—C4 | 120.76 (13) | C7—C12—H12 | 120.2 |
C12—C7—C8 | 118.59 (13) | C11—C12—C7 | 119.52 (14) |
C6—C1—N1 | 120.92 (12) | C11—C12—H12 | 120.2 |
C2—C1—N1 | 120.80 (12) | C16—C17—H17 | 119.6 |
C2—C1—C6 | 118.28 (13) | C18—C17—C16 | 120.81 (13) |
C19—C20—H20 | 120.0 | C18—C17—H17 | 119.6 |
C21—C20—C19 | 119.97 (14) | C10—C11—Cl2 | 118.69 (12) |
C21—C20—H20 | 120.0 | C10—C11—C12 | 122.51 (13) |
C20—C21—H21 | 119.9 | C12—C11—Cl2 | 118.79 (12) |
C22—C21—C20 | 120.27 (16) | C24—C23—H23 | 119.7 |
C22—C21—H21 | 119.9 | C22—C23—C24 | 120.60 (15) |
C13—C14—H14 | 119.9 | C22—C23—H23 | 119.7 |
C15—C14—C13 | 120.17 (13) | C13—C18—H18 | 120.0 |
C15—C14—H14 | 119.9 | C17—C18—C13 | 119.91 (13) |
C7—C8—H8 | 120.0 | C17—C18—H18 | 120.0 |
C9—C8—C7 | 119.93 (13) | C21—C22—H22 | 120.1 |
C9—C8—H8 | 120.0 | C23—C22—C21 | 119.74 (14) |
C15—C16—H16 | 120.3 | C23—C22—H22 | 120.1 |
C17—C16—H16 | 120.3 | C4—C5—H5 | 119.5 |
C17—C16—C15 | 119.38 (12) | C6—C5—C4 | 120.99 (12) |
C1—C6—H6 | 119.6 | C6—C5—H5 | 119.5 |
C5—C6—C1 | 120.71 (13) | ||
C4—C7—C8—C9 | 176.90 (13) | C20—C19—C24—C23 | 0.9 (2) |
C4—C7—C12—C11 | −177.15 (13) | C20—C21—C22—C23 | 0.2 (2) |
C4—C3—C2—C1 | 0.8 (2) | C14—C13—N1—C19 | 148.16 (13) |
C13—N1—C19—C20 | −45.47 (18) | C14—C13—N1—C1 | −44.03 (18) |
C13—N1—C19—C24 | 133.12 (14) | C14—C13—C18—C17 | 0.0 (2) |
C13—N1—C1—C6 | 149.15 (13) | C8—C7—C12—C11 | 1.7 (2) |
C13—N1—C1—C2 | −30.74 (19) | C16—C17—C18—C13 | 0.3 (2) |
C13—C14—C15—C16 | 1.0 (2) | C6—C1—C2—C3 | −0.2 (2) |
N1—C13—C14—C15 | 178.69 (12) | C3—C4—C7—C8 | 30.22 (19) |
N1—C13—C18—C17 | −179.36 (13) | C3—C4—C7—C12 | −150.93 (13) |
N1—C19—C20—C21 | 176.51 (13) | C3—C4—C5—C6 | −0.5 (2) |
N1—C19—C24—C23 | −177.65 (13) | C2—C1—C6—C5 | −0.8 (2) |
N1—C1—C6—C5 | 179.35 (13) | C9—C10—C11—Cl2 | 177.49 (11) |
N1—C1—C2—C3 | 179.69 (12) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | −1.2 (2) |
C19—N1—C1—C6 | −43.08 (19) | C24—C19—C20—C21 | −2.1 (2) |
C19—N1—C1—C2 | 137.03 (13) | C24—C23—C22—C21 | −1.3 (2) |
C19—C20—C21—C22 | 1.5 (2) | C15—C16—C17—C18 | 0.0 (2) |
C19—C24—C23—C22 | 0.8 (2) | C12—C7—C8—C9 | −2.0 (2) |
C7—C4—C3—C2 | −179.17 (12) | C17—C16—C15—C14 | −0.7 (2) |
C7—C4—C5—C6 | 178.17 (13) | C11—C10—C9—Cl1 | −179.96 (11) |
C7—C8—C9—Cl1 | −178.43 (10) | C11—C10—C9—C8 | 1.0 (2) |
C7—C8—C9—C10 | 0.6 (2) | C18—C13—N1—C19 | −32.49 (19) |
C7—C12—C11—Cl2 | −178.84 (11) | C18—C13—N1—C1 | 135.33 (14) |
C7—C12—C11—C10 | −0.1 (2) | C18—C13—C14—C15 | −0.7 (2) |
C1—N1—C19—C20 | 146.77 (13) | C5—C4—C7—C8 | −148.45 (14) |
C1—N1—C19—C24 | −34.64 (19) | C5—C4—C7—C12 | 30.4 (2) |
C1—C6—C5—C4 | 1.1 (2) | C5—C4—C3—C2 | −0.4 (2) |
Acknowledgements
DGP thanks Penn State Hazleton for funding in the form of a Research Development Grant. JBB acknowledges support from the National Science Foundation under grant No. DMR-2003932.
Funding information
Funding for this research was provided by: National Science Foundation, Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (award No. DMR-2003932).
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